Misleading statements; false advertising; fraud in securing license; practice under misleading name; submitting fraudulent claim to insurer; failure to notify insurer of forgiven debt. The following acts, among others, constitute unprofessional conduct:
1. Publishing or circulating, directly or indirectly, any fraudulent, false or misleading statement concerning the skill or method of practice of any dentist;
2. Using advertising which is false or misleading;
3. Claiming or inferring professional superiority over neighboring practitioners;
4. Using fraud or misrepresentation to secure a license;
5. Practicing under a name, other than a lawfully assumed or fictitious name, that is false or misleading;
6. Submitting a false or fraudulent claim for payment to an insurer for dental services rendered; or
7. Failing repeatedly to advise an insurer that the dentist has forgiven the patient’s share of the payment to the dentist under a policy of insurance. This failure to notify an insurer includes forgiving one patient’s debts more than once and forgiving the debt of different patients with different insurers on a regular basis.
Last modified: February 27, 2006